Carthage area (Triassic of the United States)

Where: Socorro County, New Mexico (33.9° N, 106.7° W: paleocoordinates 2.7° N, 39.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: San Pedro Arroyo Formation (Chinle Group), Carnian (237.0 - 228.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by E. Case; reposited in the NMMNH, UMMP

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: A. P. Hunt and S. G. Lucas. 1993. Triassic vertebrate paleontology and biochronology of New Mexico. In S. G. Lucas & J. Zidek (ed.), Vertebrate Paleontology in New Mexico. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 2:49-60 [R. Butler/R. Butler/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 179085: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 27.05.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Phytosauria - Parasuchidae
"Phytosauridae indet." = Mystriosuchinae
"Phytosauridae indet." = Mystriosuchinae von Huene 1915 archosaur
NMMNH P-18194
Amphibia
 Temnospondyli - Metoposauridae
Metoposauridae indet. Watson 1919 tetrapod
UMMP uncat., interclavicle